Cleaning device for golf balls or the like



y 1933. s. A. COGSDILL 1,920,064

CLEANING DEVICE FOR GOLF BAIJLS OR THE LIKE Filed March 19, 1930 ATTO RN EY,

45 upon the shaft; 9, which extends trans-i J'Patented July 25,1933

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Application filed March is, rssc mseriai no. 437,122;

The invention relatestocleaning devices for golf balls or thewlike and has for oneof its objects to provide an improved device which is very effective in .removinggrass stains, dirt and the like from the ball and which is built to withstand severe usage and:

to have long life. Otherobjects are to pro vide'an improved brush or scrubber which is so made that its life Lisnot'affected by cleansing solutions-f and to construct' the brush and to soinount the same that it or. its parts may be readily replaced. A further object is to house means for driving the brush outside the receptacle; Still other objects will become apparent from the following description and the-drawing, in which: Figure 1 is I a front elevation, partly broken away, of a cleaning device for golf balls or the like, embodying my invention; Figure 2 is a plan view thereof, partly broken away; 7 I

Figures 3 and 4 are cross sections on thelines 33 and 44, respectively, of Figure 2. e

The device showing an embodiment of my invention is designed particularly .for cleaning golf balls and has the receptacle 1 and the cover 2 for the receptacle hinged at one'end thereof. 3 is the receptacle supporting bracket havingthe rectangular body 4 and the hub 5. This bracket is secured to one side wall of the receptacle by suitable means, such as the bolts 6, which extend through the ends of the body 4 and are The hub r threaded into the rear side wall. 5 is adapted to be sleeved over a suitable standard and secured thereto by suitable means, such as a set screw threaded through a wall of the hub and engaging the standard.

7 is the rotatable brushor scrubber housed within the receptacle and 8 is the rotatable retainer in the nature of a metal disk having a flanged periphery. This retainer is also w housed within the receptacle and is fixed versely through and is journalled in the side walls of the receptacle. nates at the. front side of the receptacle in the handle 10, which is formed by bending the shaft.

' This shaft "termi-- The 7 is-mounted upon the shaft 11,: which extends parallel to the shaft 9 andis supported in'vthe side walls "of the receptacle. This shaft, as shown, hasoneend ournalled in thefront side wall. of the receptacle; has intermediate its ends the threaded portion'12; andhas adjacent. the rearcnd of the threaded portion the annular shoulder 13. The brush comprises the pair of brush members 14, each of which is formed of the metal back 15 and the animal,

bristles 16 secured to this back; Each back has the. disk 17 and the hub 18 and eachihub is internally threaded to be screwed upon the threaded portion 12 of the shaft 11.

These backs are mounted upon the shaft so I that their hubs extend toward and are adaptedto contact 1 with each other; and the bristles, which are secured to both the disks and the hubs, extend toward each other and their free ends cooperate. to form an annular groove for receiving the golf ball. The.

backs are preferably concave so that the bristles extending therefrom may all be of substantially the same length. It is 'to' be noted that the backs are formed with apertures into which the bristles extend, these bristles being secured in place by wire.

The brush 7 and the retainer 8 are both rotated in corresponding directions, but the brush 1s rotated at greater angular velocity than the retainer so that upon clockwise rotation of the brush and'retainer the golf ball will be carried downwardly therebetween until its downward motion is arrested by means'of the stop 19 in the nature of a roller journalled extending upwardly from the bottom of the receptacle. It willbe seen that the retainer holdsthe golf ball in contact with the bristles of the two brush members and at the same time causes thisball to rotate,rso

between the furcations 20;

that all parts thereof are brought into con- I tact-with the bristles for cleaning.

.To rotate the brush with the retainer the rear end of the shaft 9 has secured thereto the pulley or sheave 21 located outside the receptacle and the rear end of the shaft 11 is connected to the coupling sleeve 22, which extends through the rear side wall of the i its rear end outside the receptacle.

receptacle and is journalled therein and has thepulley or sheave QB'fiXedIy secured to front end of this sleeve is bifurcated and its furcations engage ,flat faces formedQuponf the shaft 11; 24 is a collar encircling the sleeve 22 and fixedly secured inplace as by means of "the set screw threaded into the collar and abutting thesleeve; Both the pulleys or. sheaves ,21 and 23 are located; Within the body at of the supporting bracket,"-

this body being hollow; These pulleys or sheaves are connectedto' each other by the" flexible member '26, Whichis preferably a rubber belt of triangularcross sect on,

2? is asleeve encircling thefront'iendmoifi theshaftll ai'id located between thef front side Wall of the receptacle andtheifront brush member. This sleevelimits the movement ofthe brush longitudinally ofthe shaft" 11' in one direction, While Ethe annular shoulderlS upon this shaft limits themovement of the brush longitudinally in the other direction, so thatithe' brush is. positively tion of rotation of the latter.

ThecoverQ-is provided with the trans versel extendin o )enin 28. for insertin V C) t) b or removing the 'golfball and hasdepending therefrom the stop 29 in'the naturefof a pin for engaging the goli 'ball upon rotating. the

brush in a counter clockwisedirection and I thereby limiting its return movement. The parts lOCttlL-BCl VV1tl11D the receptacle,

The

driven'from the shaft in either direc- With the exception of the bristles, and the receptacle and the supporting bracket are formed of metal, so that the cleansing solution and thetveather. will not affect these parts to any appreciable extent. U The flexible member or belt, which is. endless and runs. over the pulleys-or sheaves, is also protected from both the cleansing solution and the Weather and provideslan eflicient drive for the brush. Furthermore, the construc- "tion of the brus'hflprovides for very effective cleaning of the golfball and makespossible long life of the brush under hard usage.

the same time provision. is made for y f ready replacement" of the brush.

What I claim as my invention is:- 1.-:Ina=cleaning devicefor golfballs or the like, the co'mbination'of a rotatable shaft having a threaded portion; intermediate .its

.ends, agpair of brush members threaded upon the threadedportion and cooperating to embrace aball, and means for prevent 

